European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bengal a a doubtful for Broncos Cincinnati a Cincinnati Beng als quarterback Ken Anderson is testing his injured left knee very carefully prior to sunday s National football league Gam with Denver. I was kind of afraid to test it to much said Anderson who suffered strained ligaments against the Pittsburgh Steeles monday. I was throwing with a Little More Arm rather than with my legs he added after thursday a practice. When you throw with Power you have to get your legs  Anderson still is listed As doubtful forthe game against the unbeaten Broncos. He in t Mobile enough for us to make decision on it right now said bengals coach Bill Johnson. It s still a  still Hopes to Pla Anderson still Hopes to be Able to play in sunday s  would Hope that i would do better a sunday Anderson said. I m not completely satisfied today but it could be been , who has missed Only one Start since replacing Virgil Carter in 1972, was hit from the left Side monday night by Steeler tackle Steve Furness. Thank goodness there was some give said general manager Paul Brown after viewing films of the game. Kenny foot was t planted. The knee is sound it s tight. You Don t have to worry about  the bengals had a number of other play ers who were still among the walking wounded. Others injured Dave Lapham was suffering from a bruised shoulder Coy Bacon had a strained knee and Ron Pritchard also had knee  end Bob Trumpy still was suffer ing thursday with headaches and bruised Collarbone after he went Down from a blow to the head from Pittsburgh Steeles cornerback Mel Blount. Both Blount and Mel Morgan of the bengals have been ordered to appear before nil commissioner Pete Rozelle monday in connection with incident during last monday s game. Morgan will appear in connection with a tackle on Steeles wide receiver John stall  m still going to be aggressive said Morgan when asked if the meeting Wouldhave any effect on his play. I m not saying that the hit on stall Worth was aggressive. I m just saying i try to be aggressive. I Don t try to Hurt  injured Ehrmann sidelined for Colts match with patriots Baltimore a defensive tackle Joe Ehrmann of the Baltimore Colts has been advised not to play in sunday s National football league game against the new England patriots a team spokesman said , who suffered several broken Bones in his hand last month had been expected to play sunday with a special , a rays on thursday indicated the Bones had not healed As Well As hoped Colts officials  thursday the Colts announced that Veteran cornerback Lloyd Mumphord would be out for the rest of the season with an Achilles Tendon injury. Mumphord suffered the injury in an Early season win Over the new York jets. In his place the Colts signed tight end Jimmie Kennedy who was Cut from the team last month. Kennedy signed As a free agent with the Colts in 1975. Used primarily on specially teams he played in All 28 regular season games in his two years with the club. Sunday october 23, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 sub Kupchak scores 29 As bullets win opener Over pistons 117-109 by United press International the Washington bullets who Are often criticized for relying too much on Elvin Hayes and Phil Chenier proved Friday night they Are capable of winning without much help from those key men As they beat the Detroit pistons 117-109 in their opening game of the season. Hayes the All pro Forward fouled Outwith 5 17 remaining having scored just seven Points. Chenier a backcourt Man Aba Roundup who is bothered by lower Back problems played just three minutes of the second period and failed to  Man who supplied the spark was backup Center Mitch Kupchak who came off the Bench and scored 29 Points. Last season Kupchak made the Aba Sall Rookie team and was second in the league to Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Fiel goal percentage with .572. Yet Washington coach Dick Motta chose to Start Veteran Wes Unseld at Center and bring Kup Chakoff the Bench. Unseld finished with 17 Points and nine rebounds. If anyone does t like the Way Wes is playing he does t know much about basketball said Motta. Mitch will get his minutes coming off the Bench and he s mature enough to accept that. Aba boxes jazz 111, nets 103 new Orleans 111 robinson66-818, Griffin 1 0-02, Kelley 3 5-7 11, Boyd 2 2-26, Maravich 12 17-18 41, Meriweather 2 3-5 7, Goodrich 7 4-418, James 3 0-06, Mcelroy 0 2-3 2, Bailey 0 0-0 0. Totals 36 39-47 111. New Jersey 103 king74-5 18, hillman41-29, johnson00-00, Averitt 00-00, Skinner 10 8-9 28, Hawkins 9 1-1 19, Bassett 5 3-4 13, Van Breda Kolff 2 2-5 6, Carrington 2 6-6 10, Wohl 00-00. Totals 3925-32103. New Orleans 2 29 37 23111 new Jersey 19 26 27 31103 fouled out Kelley Meriweather James Skinner Carington. Total fouls new Orleans 34, new Jersey 39. A 4,960. Bullets 117, pistons 109 Detroit 109 Barnes 5 0-0 10, Carr 40-08, Lanier 16 1-2 33, Ford 6 0-2 12, Simpson 3 0-0 6, Douglas 2 2-2 6, Money 10 0-0 20, Norwood 2 2-2 6, h. Porter 3 0-0 6, k. Porter 1 0-0 2, Brett 00-00. Totals 525-8109. Washington 117 Dandridge 7 4-4 18. Hayes 2 3-7 7, Unseld 81-417, Henderson 6 2-5 14, Wright 9 1-2 19, Kupchak 13 3-3 29, Chenier 0 0-0 0, Grevey 5 2-2 12, Pace 0 0-0 0, Ballard 01-21, Walker 0 0-0 0. Totals 5017-29117. Detroit 27 26 24 32109 Washington 7 32 31 27117 fouled out Douglas Hayes Wright. Total fouls Detroit 26, Washington 21. A13,276. Kings 95, rockets 94 Houston 94 Tomjanovich 9 1-1 19, Malone 5 9-12 19, Kunnert 6 2-3 14, Lucas 3 1-1 7, Newlyn 1 1-2 3, Murphy 73-317,  3 2-4 8, Johnson 1 2-3 4,  11-13, Reid 0 0-0 0. Totals 36 22 3094. Kansas cd to 95 Wedman s1-2 11, Washington 7 2-216, Lacey 3 0-2 6, Boone 5 4-4 14, Allen 7 16-20 30, Robinzine 1 3-4 5, Kuester 00-00, Burleson 3 1-2 7, Birdsong 4-76, Nash 00-00. Totals3231 4395. Houston 23 23 21 2794 Kansas City 9 32 16 1895 total fouls rockets 32, Kings 29. Technical Kunnert 2, pc coach Johnson. A9,883. Nuggets 106, lakers 101 Losangeles ii Washington 4 6-7 14, Wilkes 7 5-519, edwards4 3-511, Nixon 40-08, Tatum 4 2-2 10, Hudson 5 6-9 16, Ford 3 0-0 6, Aberne thy 4 2-2 10, Davis 2 3-4 7, Digregorio 0 00 0. Totals 37 27-34 101. Denver 106 Jones 6 5-5 17, Wilkerson 9 4-6 22, Issel 9 5-7 23, Taylor 6 0-0 12, Price 4 2-3 10, ellis20-04, Lagarde 1 4-4 6, roberts0 3-4 3, Smith 2 3-3 7, Calvin 02-2 2. Totals3928-34106. Los Angeles 31 23 29 18-101 Denver 7 21 26 32106 fouled out Washington. Total fouls los Angeles 30, Denver 27. Technical Price. A15,672. Trail blazers 106, supersonics 99 Portland 106 Gross 0 2-2 2, Lucas 8 8-9 24, Walton 5 8-12 18, Hollins 4 6-6 14, twardzik43-311, Steele 00-00, Davis 3 4-410, Owens 02 2 2, Neal 5 3-3 13, Walker 6 0-1 12, Calhoun 0 0-0 0. Totals 35 36-42106. Seattle 99 seals 108-10 28, Silas 51-211, Green 4 3-4 11, Brown 82-2 18, Watts 5 1-2 it. Webster 40-2 8, Wise 0 1-4 1, Williams 00-00, Johnson 2 3-31, Sikma 2 0-0 4. Totals 4019-29 99. Portland 0 23 31 32106 Seattle 7 20 25 27 99fouled out Webster. Total fouls Portland 28, Seattle 31. Technical Davis. A12,156. Continued on Page 20 i did t have a sleepless minute about that decision. I wish All my decisions were that  Kupchak agreed that he does t min being the sixth Man. The coach wants to keep his Best five in there said Kupchak. And when it comes Down to the end you want e Hayes inhere. He s that kind of  the bullets took control in the third period when Larry Wright substituting for Chenier scored 16 of his Points after a scoreless first half. Center Bob Lanier led the pistons with a game High 33  in the Aba new Orleans Defeated new Jersey 111-103 Kansas City edged Houston 95-94 Chicago beat indiana122-119 Denver took los Angeles 106-101 Portland overcame Seattle 106-99, an Golden state Defeated san Antonio 122-117 jazz 111, nets 103pete Maravich scored 41 Points to even the jazz record at 1-1 and spoil the Home opener for the nets at their new Rutgers University residence. Al Skinner Highman for new Jersey with 28, brought the nets to within three with 2 07 left in the game but he fouled out As new Jersey s rally fizzled. Kings 95, rockets 94 Lucius Allen a Kansas City native play ing his first Home game As a King scored 30 Points to give Kansas City its first Victory of the season after two defeats. Rud Tomjanovich scored nine of his 19 Points in the fourth Quarter for the rockets who also received 19 Points from Moses Malone. Bulls 122, pacers 119 Artis Gilmore poured in 27 Points As the bulls increased their record to 3-0. The pacers pulled ahead 113-103 Early in the fourth Quarter but Chicago outscored Indi Ana 19-6 in the final 6 42 to earn the Victory. Indiana s John Williamson led All scorers with 30 Points and teammate Adrian Dantley had 26. Nuggets 106, lakers 101 Dan Issel scored four of his game High 23 Points in the final two minutes and the nuggets outscored the lakers 32-18 in the fourth Quarter to pull out their second Vic tory of the season despite playing without All Star guard David Thompson who was sidelined with a Groin injury. The lakers played without Kareem Abdul Jabbar who broke a Finger tuesday when he punched Milwaukee Rookie Center Kent Benson. Trail blazers 106, supersonics 99 seven Portland players reached double figures As the defending Champion Trail blazers opened their season with a Victory. Maurice Lucas was High Man for Portland with 24 Points and Bill Walton who had been sidelined with muscle spasms in his Back since oct. 1 of the exhibition season scored 18. Bruce seals led All scoring with 28. Warriors 122, spurs 117 the warriors scored 12 straight Points eight by Rick Barry in the final 2 35 of the fourth Quarter to come from behind to win their second game against one defeat. Barry wound up with a game High 34 Points and George Gervin led the spurs with 24. Up up and away Artis Gilmore of the Chicago bulls haste jump and reach on Jim Chones of the Cleveland Cavaliers who tried Tob lock this shot during a National basketball association contest Between the two teams in Richfield Ohio. Gilmore scored 34 Points As the bulls won the game by a 91-88 score. Up photo